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Who Put the 'Great' in Great Britain?
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Fascinating, intriguing and good clean fun for all the family! Specially written to be used as a quiz book over the Christmas lunch or relaxing on the sofa!
Here is a
quote from a customer/fan called Mike Inns of Essex:
"I am a book nut, and have all the Schott's Miscellanies and Almanacs
there are. But this series is the best I have come across. A friend's 10 year
old son came over with him last week and started reading the "Do Spies Win
Olympic Medals" book. He was absolutely engrossed, blurting out facts
such as why Gridiron was so called and the explanation for the phrase "That
doesn't ring true". The books contain information and presents it in a
way that a lot of school books could learn from. So expect a few more orders!"
Do you know …
… why England has three heraldic lions – because none of them were English!
… why Cromwell was such a ‘whitewash’, ‘warts and all’?
… why we call our flag a ‘Union JACK’ – and why you may never have seen one?
… why a popular nursery rhyme teaches our children about destruction, boozing, pawning and child mortality? It’s enough to make you ‘pop your clogs’!
… and what is a ‘cock-horse’ anyway?
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HERE!!
(non-printable pdf, 0.5Mb approx)
Title: Who Put the 'Great' in Great Britain
Theme: Britain
Price: £9.99
ISBN 0-9551525-3-4
Dimensions: 160mm (W) x 178mm (D)
Format: Hardback with dust sleeve
Author: Peter Ryding
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Limited
Release date: June2006
Do you know …
… how the Romans ‘made a mint’ when their city was destroyed?
… why they didn’t just have vandals – they virtually invented them?
… how Roman sewers have helped specify modern trains and the Space Shuttle!
… why anyone paid a ‘salary’ owes it all to the Romans – especially if they are not ‘worth their salt’?
... why the Romans gave us
‘malaria’?
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HERE!!
(non-printable pdf, 0.5Mb approx)
Title: Did Romans Invent the Space Shuttle?
Theme: Romans
Price: £9.99
ISBN 0-9551525-5-0
Dimensions: 160mm (W) x 178mm (D)
Format: Hardback with dust sleeve
Author: Peter Ryding
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Limited
Release date: June 2006
bbbbDo you know...
...Why "letting the cat out of the bag" can leave you "a marked man"?
...Why the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme is really all about sex?
...Why you must "pull your finger out" before "firing a broadside" at someone?
...Why it doesn't hurt a brass monkey when its balls are frozen off by the cold?
VIEW A SAMPLE CHAPTER FROM THE BOOK HERE!! (non-printable pdf, 0.5Mb approx)
Title: Did Nelson Turn a Blind Eye?
Theme: Maritime
Price: £9.99
ISBN 0-9551525-2-6
Dimensions: 160mm (W) x 178mm (D)
Format: Hardback with dust sleeve
Author: Peter Ryding
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Limited
Release date: August 2006
Do you know …
… why going ‘down like ninepins’ may get you ‘knocked into a cocked hat’?
… why we train Olympic athletes to be spies?
… why we call football ‘soccer’?
… how you can play cards with Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar?
… why ‘passing the buck’ is not a
‘good idea’?
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HERE!!
(non-printable pdf, 0.5Mb approx)
Title: Do Spies Win Olympic Medals?
Theme: Sports, Games & Gambling
Price: £9.99
ISBN 0-9551525-6-9
Dimensions: 160mm (W) x 178mm (D)
Format: Hardback with dust sleeve
Author: Peter Ryding
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Limited
Release date: June 2005
...that the "40" in "40 - love" in tennis comes from Noah spending 40 days and 40 nights in the Ark?
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Title: Did Noah
Invent Tennis?
Theme: Miscellaneous
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 0-9551525-1-8
Dimensions: 160mm (W) x 178mm (D)
Format: Hardback with dust sleeve
Author: Peter Ryding
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Limited
Release date: August 2006
Foreword by Frank Nowosielski MBE - Commanding Officer of HMS Victory
This was the first book in the intriguing series that reveals fascinating origins and amazing new connections between words, phrases, customs and so much more. It focuses upon derivations from the days of Nelson, Trafalgar and the Royal Navy from Alfred the Great to the 20th century.
For example do you know...
- Why "letting the cat out of the bag" can leave you "a marked man"?
- Why the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme is really all about sex?
- Why you must "pull your finger out" before "firing a broadside" at someone?
- Why it doesn't hurt a brass monkey when its balls are frozen off by the cold?
Do you know how the game of croquet connects the Battle of Trafalgar, a world
famous London street and every shopping mall in the world?
Title: Nelson, Trafalgar and the
Royal Navy
Theme: Maritime
Price: £9.99
ISBN 0-9551525-0-X
Dimensions: 160mm (W) x 178mm (D)
Pages:168
Format: Hardback with dust sleeve
Author: Peter Ryding
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Limited
Release date: November 2005
forthcoming books in advance!